Mark Cuban, Patent Pugilist

Okay, so sometimes his ref ranting sounds and looks ridiculous. And, yes, he snarked a man's mom. But billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is for the most part pretty damn lovable. For example, in an interview this morning, he said some smart things about much-needed patent reform. Like:

The concept that patents are being held by non operating companies in hopes that someone will invent something they can sue over is Anti American, a huge tax on the economy and stymies innovation when entrepreneurs truly come up with a business only to find that the way they included tying the shoelaces on their new shoe was patented.

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And to show that he can take sell the boardroom and the bar downstairs, he also gave a bunch of money to the Electronic Frontier Foundation to hire an expert to study the issue -- so long as it was under the auspices of "The Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents." And so as a hat tip, here's a list of his quipping, dancing, and several other reasons to like the man: